Description
Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final third of the picture was photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Wheeler & Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde and Bill Robinson (in his film debut). The script was adapted by Luther Reed from a story by Anne Caldwell.
The Technicolor sequences were considered lost for years, but were re-discovered in 1988 and subsequently included in the restored DVD.
In 1958, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
This is the film on which composer Max Steiner got his first screen credit. Additionally, it was Wheeler & Woolsey’s third film; however, as they were not yet an official “team,” they were still billed separately.